Season 4 OQL - Cup Flashcards
Who played John Hannibal Smith in The A Team and Paul Varjak in Breakfast at Tiffanys
George Peppard
Who played Howling Mad Murdoch in The A Team?
Dwight Schultz
Who played Lt. Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica and Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck in The A Team?
Dirk Benedict
Who played Charlie in Charlie’s Angels?
John Forsythe
A former dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, which actress and dancer played Fiona Campbell
in the 1954 musical film Brigadoon, alongside Gene Kelly? She also played Ninostchka Yoschenko in Silk
Stockings alongside Fred Astaire
Cyd CHARISSE
Which Italian shoe designer, who lived from 1898 to 1960, gained a reputation for using materials
such as kangaroo, crocodile and fish skin on his designs? He is credited with the invention of the wedge heel
and the cage heel.
Salvatore Ferragomo
Which animated film, released in 1986 by Universal Pictures, follows a Russian mouse named Fievel
[FYE-vul]? He becomes separated from his family, the Mousekewitzes, as they flee from Russia to the USA,
which they falsely believe to be a land free of cats
An American Tail
Widely considered to be among the greatest ever players in his position, which NFL defensive end won
the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award three times between 2012 and 2015, while playing for
the Houston Texans?
JJ WATT
Set in Roundview College, which city does Skins take place?
Bristol
Which school is Buffy set in?
Sunnydale High
What school is Friday Night Lights set in?
Dillon High
What school is Sex Education set in?
Moordale Secondary School
Freaks and Geeks school?
McKinley High
Which crowdfunding website, founded in 2009 by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler, KICKSTARTER
has a logo consisting of its name written in a thick green font? Like its main rival IndieGogo, this website is
popularly used to fund projects such as games, films and technological products
KICKSTARTER
Bok choy is often referred to as the ‘Chinese’ variety of what vegetable, whose other varieties include
‘savoy’ and ‘sweetheart’?
Cabbage
Which British horse trainer trained the horse Red Rum to three victories at the Grand National
during the 1970s?
Ginger McCain
Which Cronenburg film depicts the relationship between Freud and Jung
A Dangerous Method
What is the debut novel of Sally Rooney?
Conversations with Friends
What is Sally Rooney’s latest release? (2021)
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Who was nominated for best supporting actress in They Shoot Horses Dont They?
Susannah York
Throughout its unbeaten career, the racehorse Frankel was trained by which British horse trainer?
Henry Cecil
Which horse trainer had Grand National Victories with Silver Birch in 2007 and Tiger Roll twice in 18 and 19.
Gordon Elliott
Widely considered to be among the greatest ever players in his position, which NFL defensive tackle
won the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award three times between 2017 and 2020, while
playing for the Los Angeles Rams?
Aaron Donald
In which animated film, released in 1977 by Disney, do two New York City mice, Bernard
and Miss Bianca, set out to save the orphan Penny from the evil clutches of Madame Medusa?
The Rescuers
Which website, founded in 2013 by Jack Conte and Sam Yam, is commonly used by YouTube video
creators as a conduit through which to receive monetary donations from dedicated viewers? Its current logo
consists of a line and a circle, arranged so as to resemble the first letter of its name
Patreon
Which American composer, one of few to have completed an ‘EGOT’ by winning Emmy, Grammy,
Oscar and Tony Awards, wrote the music for the 1975 musical A Chorus Line? His other notable work includes
the theme tune to the film The Way We Were and the James Bond theme song ‘Nobody Does It Better’.
Marvin Hamlisch
A former dancer with Roland Petit’s ‘Le Ballet du Champs Elysées’, which actress and ballet
dancer was discovered by Gene Kelly and appeared in the film An American in Paris as a replacement for
the pregnant Cyd Charisse? She starred with Michael Wilding in The Glass Slipper, and with Fred Astaire in
Daddy Long Legs.
Leslie Caron
Which French fashion designer, who lived from 1914 to 1982 founded one of the leading post-war
fashion houses and is known for describing the art of dressmaking as “the architecture of movement”? He is
noted for creating the ‘Jolie Madame’ look, and for designing costumes for film stars such as Brigitte Bardot,
Sophia Loren and Vivien Leigh
Pierre Balmain
In all three tests during the 2021 Lions tour of South Africa, which Irishman started at tighthead prop?
Tadhg Furlong
What was the surname of Gerry, the lead singer of the Liverpool band ‘Gerry and the Pacemakers’?
MARSDEN
Which model village in Shipley in West Yorkshire, noted for its Victorian mill buildings, was
designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001?
Saltaire
Who was the lead singer of Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Holly Johnson
In all three tests during the 2021 Lions tour of South Africa, which Irishman started at inside centre?
Robbie Henshaw
Which Georgian player was joint top scorer at Euro 2024
Georges Mikautadze
Which Slovakian player was joint top scorer at Euro 2024
Ivan Schranz
Before Brentford Community Stadium where did Brentford play?
Griffin Park
In 2008, which Chinese chess prodigy became the youngest ever female player to qualify as a grandmaster, doing so
at the age of 14 years and 6 months? She won the Women’s World Championship four times between 2010 and 2016.
Hou Yifan
Regularly named as one of the greatest country songs of all time, the song He Stopped Loving Her Today was released
in 1980 by which American country musician?
George Jones
Who directed Minari?
Lee Isaac Chung?
During the 20th century, a number of court cases were dubbed ‘the trial of the century’. One of these was the 1935
trial of which German carpenter for the kidnap and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr?
Bruno Richard
HAUPTMANN
The British company Numatic International developed which brand of anthropomorphic red and black vacuum
cleaners, imprinted with a smiling face, in 1981? Numerous variations with different names have been released in the
years since
Henry
Sometimes known by his initials ‘A.B.’, which man captained the Australian men’s Test cricket team from 1984 to
1994?
Allan Border
TV presenter Davina McCall advertises the ‘Nutrisse’ range of hair colourants released under what cosmetics and
haircare brand, a division of L’Oréal? Its range of shampoos and conditioners include the ‘Fructis’ product line
Garnier
From 1996 to 2017, which music festival was held simultaneously at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and another
venue, usually Weston Park in South Staffordshire? It returned in a ‘virtual’ format in 2020.
V Festival
Which 2014 war film, directed by Angelina Jolie and written partly by the Coen brothers, tells the story of
American Olympian Louie Zamperini, who survived in a raft for forty-seven days after his bomber crash-landed? It
was followed by a sequel subtitled Path to Redemption.
Unbroken
Which contemporary American artist is best known for her panoramic friezes of cut-paper silhouttes? Her works
often address the history of slavery and racism in the USA.
Kara Walker
What word fills in the [BLANK] in the title of a Netflix documentary series, created by David Gelb and nominated
for several Primetime Emmy Awards since it began in 2015? Chef’s [BLANK]
Chef’s Table
Which French designer of haute couture, associated with Space Age designs, designed a futuristic uniform for
flight attendants on the now-defunct French airline UTA in 1968?
Pierre Cardin
Regularly named as one of the greatest country songs of all time, the song Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ was released in
1971 by which American country musician?
Charley Pride
In June 2021, which chess prodigy, born in New Jersey to Indian parents, became the youngest player ever to qualify
as a grandmaster, doing so at the age of 12 years and 4 months? The previous record was held by Sergey Karjakin, and
had stood since 2002.
MISHRA
Which American personal care product brand, now a division of the multinational company Coty, markets the
‘Nice ‘n Easy’ range of permanent hair colourants? Its range of shampoos and conditioners includes the ‘Natural
Instincts’ product line, and it was the original manufacturer of ‘Herbal Essences’ shampoo
CLAIROL
Which music festival, that ran from 1994 to 2016, was held at the disused Balado airfield in Perth and Kinross
between 1997 and 2014?
T IN THE PARK
Which French designer of haute couture, credited with the invention of ‘le pouf’ or the puffball skirt, redesigned
the uniform for Air France flight attendants in 2004, along with the pyjamas offered to first-class passengers? His
baroque-influenced couture and ready-to-wear lines went into administration in 2009.
Christian Lacroix
First name and surname required. Which man captained the Australia men’s Test cricket team from 1998 to 2004?
His brother Mark played in the team for much of this period.
Steve Waugh
Which contemporary American artist is best known for his naturalistic paintings, many of which are re-imaginings
of classic artworks with the inclusion of Black subjects? In 2017, he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Barack
Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
Kehinde WILEY
Written, directed, and shot by Cary Joji Fukunaga, which 2015 war film, named indirectly after a Fela Kuti album,
follows a young boy who becomes a child soldier as his country experiences a horrific civil war?
BEASTS OF NO NATION
Which film, that detailed the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and starred Joseph Cotten, was the
second film directed by Orson Welles on his contract with RKO?
The Magnificent Ambersons
Which comic book created in 2013, tells the story of the character
Kamala Khan, is a 16-year-old Pakistani-American from New Jersey,
who idolizes Carol Danvers, gains shapeshifting powers after being
exposed to Terrigen mists. It has been turned into a TV series with
Iman Villani as lead, on Disney+ in 2021
Ms. Marvel
What did artist Carsten Höller install in an
interactive exhibition within Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2006?
SLIDE
One of the twelve teams to have played in every Rugby Union World
Cup, which South American country, more noted for football, have
made the Semi-Finals twice, in 2007 and 2015. This team’s nickname
is ‘Los Pumas’, in spite of the fact their emblem is a Jaguar?
Argentina
One of several Number 1 hits by the song writing trio Stock Aitken and
Waterman, who had a hit single in 1987 with the song ‘Respectable’?
Mel and Kim
One of four NFL teams with an alliterative name, which team based in
Florida entered the league in 1995 and had Gardner Minshew as the
starting Quarter back in the 2020 season (Both names required)?
Jacksonville Jaguars
One of several Number 1 hits by the song writing trio Stock Aitken
Waterman, who had a hit single in 1989 with the song You’ll Never
Stop Me From Loving You?
Sonia
Which comic book created in 1980, tells the story of Jennifer Walters,
a lawyer who, after an injury, received an emergency blood transfusion
from her cousin, Bruce Banner, and acquired a milder version of his
condition. It has been turned into a TV series with Tatiana Maslany as
lead, on Disney+ in 2021
She Hulk
What name is shared by a song on the David Bowie album “Hunky
Dory” which he dedicated to his son, and the British indie band
formed in 2004 by lead singer Luke Pritchard who had their biggest hit
with She Moves in Her Own Way?
The Kooks
One of four NFL teams with an alliterative name, which team who are
based at Lumen Field in Washington and had Russell Wilson as their
starting Quarterback in the 2020 season? (Both names required)
Seattle Seahawks
Which Scottish band are best known for a number 3 hit single Same
Jeans which was released in 2007 from the album “Hats off to the
Buskers”?
The View
This Is the Life, which respectively produced the singles “Mr. Rock & Roll” and “This Is the Life”; the latter charting at number one in six countries, while reaching the top 10 in another 11 countries is an album by who?
Amy MacDonald
What did Danish artists’ collective Superflex install
as an interactive exhibition within Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in
2017?
Swing
Which documentarians works include The Civil War in 1990, Jazz in 2001,
and in 2019, Country Music.
Ken Burns
What was the name of the 2021 hit podcast from Pineapple Studios,
that investigates the murderous world of the Chippendales, the male
1980’s oiled-up, G-string clad beefcakes with mullets, striptease
performers?
Welcome To Your Fantasy
Which Netflix comedy show that ran from 2018 until its final season in
which premiered in 2021, follows the title character Sandy, played by Michael Douglas, who makes his living as an acting coach?
The Kominsky Method
Who stars as the male lead in Severance?
Adam Scott
Who stars as Dylan in Severance?
Zach Cherry
Who played Maebe in Arrested Development?
Alia Shawkat
Who played Lucille Bluth?
Jessica Walter
Who played Tobias Funke?
David Cross
What was the name of the book which won Barbara Kingsolver the
then Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010, beating Wolf Hall by Hillary
Mantel? The story is set in 1930’s Mexico, tells the story of Harrison
Shepherd, who is a cook for the artists Diego Riveria and Frida Kahlo,
before becoming Leon Trotsky’s secretary?
The Lacuna
What was the name of the 2020 hit podcast from Pineapple Studios,
that investigates the tall-tale that German rock band The Scorpions had
their biggest hit written for them by a secret CIA Brill Building in the
late 1980s as one way end the cold war?
Wind of Change
Which member of the Tokyo 2020 GB Women’s Athletics team, with a
double barrel surname had to withdraw from the heptathlon after the
200 metres, due to injuring her calf muscle? This athlete’s participation
in the Olympics at all had been in doubt after rupturing her Achiles
tendon in December 2020. She won the world championship in the
discipline in 2019 in Doha, with a British Record 6,981 points
Katarina Johnson Thompson
What was the name of the book which won Téa Obreht, the then
Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011, beating Room by Emma Donoghue?
The story is set in the Balkans and is about a young doctor relationship
with her grandfather, and the stories he tells about the ‘deathless man’
who helps an escaped zoo animal.
The Tigers Wife
Which former waiter of the 2i’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Coffee Bar in Soho, would go on compose
pop hits including Tommy Steel’s “Rock with the Caveman” and Cliff Richard’s
“Living Doll”, before creating the book, music and lyrics for the musical Oliver!?
Lionel Bart
Whiskey In A Tea Cup is a 2018 autobiography combined with
cookbook by which star of the film Legally Blonde?
Reese Witherspoon
First airing on BBC Three in 2014, before migrating to BBC Two
in 2018, which BBC Mockumentary series follows the lives of a
group of friends who run the pirate radio station Korrupt FM?
Characters including MC Grindah, DJ Beats and their manager
Chabuddy F.
People Just Do Nothing
British journalist and broadcaster Matthew Syed, represented
Great Britain at the Olympics at which sport?
Table Tennis
What is the name of this American company based in Norwalk,
Connecticut? It owns Kayak and Cheapflights but is better
known in the UK for its Dutch based travel and accommodation
firm.
Booking Holdings
What is the surname of Jennifer and Jessica, the twin sisters
who represented Team GB in Gymnastics at Tokyo 2020?
Gadirova
First aired in 2004, and filmed whilst he was taking a break from
Peep Show, which BBC sitcom by Brian Dooley starred Robert
Webb as Robin, an employee of an un-named company who
spends most of his day on one long tea break “gasping for a
fag”?
The Smoking Room
Which director starred in Defending the Guilty and Giri Haji?
Will Sharpe
Which classic embroidery stitch is used for filling in solid areas?
It consists of straight stitches placed next to each other. Also
called damask stitch, the most common name expresses the
stitch forming the appearance of a smooth fabric.
Satin stitch
Who created Dragonball Z?
Akira
Toriyana
Played on screen by Lotte Lenya, which hench woman works for
SMERSH in the James Bond film From Russia With Love?
Rosa Klebb
Which Canadian video game developer is known for its
specialism in Role Playing games and has produced notable
titles included the Mass Effect series and the Dragon Age series?
Bioware
Reaching No 1 on the UK Album chart in 2021, Happier Than
Ever is the title of the second solo album by which American
singer/songwriter?
Billie Eilish
Which American Video game developer is best known for
developing the ‘Halo’series of video games beginning with the
first edition for the Microsoft Xbox in 2000? They are also
responsible for the ‘Destiny’ series of games.
Bungie
Which long running manga and anime series, created by Eiichira
Oda in 1997, is named after an object central to the plot? The
hero Monkey D Luffy has to find this object in order to become
King of the Pirates.
One Piece
Reaching Number 1 on the UK Album chart in 2021, ‘We’re All
Alone in This Together’ is the title of the second studio album by
which British rapper?
Dave
Which BBC Mockumentary series, that first aired on BBC Three
in 2017 and ran for 3 series, starred and was written by the
siblings Charlie and Daisy May Cooper? The show is set around
the day to day lives of cousins Kurtan and Kerry Mucklowe in a
small village in the Cotswolds
This Country
Which embroidery stitch is similar to a French knot but more
complicated as the knots grow elongated in size to form larger
often floral motifs? Also called a Grub Knot what is its most
common name which expresses the richness of the stitch, like a
precious metal?
bullion knot
What is the name of this Japanese e-commerce company
founded in 1997? It owns Viber and e-book but is mainly known
in the UK for its video on demand service similar to Netflix.
Rakuten
What is the surname of Caroline, a boxer who represented
Team GB at Tokyo 2020? Her brother Daniel is a top
professional heavyweight British contender, who was defeated
in a high profile clash in 2020 by Joe Joyce
Dubois
Which English fashion designer, sometimes known as Mrs
Plunket Greene, popularised the mini skirt?
Mary Quant
She was taking a break from Peep Show. First aired in 2008,
which BBC sitcom starred Olivia Coleman as the mother of
teenager Simon Doonan, who dreams of escaping his mundane
life in 1990s Reading to be amongst the glitterati?
Beautiful People
First and second name required for the hench woman who
works for SPECTRE in the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service. She was played on screen by Ilse Steppat.
Irma Bunt
Fun With Food is a 2017 cookbook by which star of the TV series
Buffy The Vampire Slayer?
Sarah Michelle Gellar
In chess what is the name of the variant game in which a player
cannot see the other player’s pieces? It has a name of German
origin having been originally based upon a method of war
gaming invented by Georg von Reisswitz
Kriegspiel
What was the best known professional name of the 70s and 80s
popular wrestler born Martin Ruane? In America he was also
known as the Loch Ness Monster or just Loch Ness.
Daddy Haystacks
Complete the name of the 1967 episode of Star Trek where the
Enterprise is infested with small furry aliens which are
constantly reproducing – “ The Trouble With ……”?
Tribbles
Which British BMX racer won the Women’s World Championship title three times between 2007 and 2010? She
was considered one of the favourites for the Olympic gold in 2008, but suffered a crash in the final.
Shanaza Reade
The fictional Mediterranean island of Elsbels provides the setting for which film in the ‘Carry On’ series? The plot
revolves around a disastrous package holiday in which the main characters stay in a half-built hotel.
Carry on ABROAD
